I am not one for chick flicks due to their unoriginal formula of boy meets girl, they fall in love, something bad happens that brings them apart and then the inevitable bullshit speech or dramatic moment when they come together again. That stuff isn't real unless you are completely attention starved or overly dramatic. I did however enjoy this movie despite the predictable story line because there are several other things going on in this movie that actually are in fact real.
One being that Anne Hathaway spends more than half the movie with her boobs out, any guy can enjoy that. They didn't leave out views for the girls as the Bubble Boy spends the same amount of time with his ass and abs out....a little something extra for both parties involved. Two, it deals with some real issues. I went mainly for my wife but I was interested of course in the Drugs portion of the title. The drugs portion gives a very accurate portrayal of how fucked up our medical system is in the United States. There is great depth on insurance companies and pharmaceutical companies, which as someone who has had a pain in the ass dealing with them for years now, enjoy seeing brought to a bigger more popular light...too bad for the Rated R or maybe more ignorant people would get to see this movie and the sad and scary fact that people in almost every other country have a better health care system then ours. Our system is going to get somewhat better thanks to Mr. Obama, and I saw my first signs of this when the insurance company sent me a nice letter telling just what Barack did for me and a nice check due to his new health care legislation, so for only the second time in my life, both with this President, I have had a direct positive effect in my life from what they did, so thank you Mr. President.
Many people will also debate whether or not love is an actually drug but in reality it is. There is a chemical in the brain called Oxytocin (the love chemical) that stimulates these feelings of excitement and euphoria that romantic love brings. As this is rewarding to the brain just like drugs, alcohol, or something pleasurable that you enjoy like a big payday or chocolate cake the brain then craves this rewarding feeling and people become addicted to love. When people take MRI's and have images displayed of their lovers and sweethearts the part of the brain that lights up the strongest was that associated with rewards and pleasure, a finding not nearly as poetic as romantics would have thought. It turns out that, to the brain, love is just another reward, much like chocolate or money, or like a drug to an addict. This brain system gets used every time you want something. I experienced romantic love many times but it wasn't real beyond the romantic part and because the romantic part was then gone, the fighting began like an addict without their fix. People start cheating looking for this feeling, for the Oxytocin to get released again in their brain's reward center. Today thankfully I don't depend on outside things for my own happiness as it comes from something inside me instead. Yes that chemical gets released in my brain when I am passionate with my wife, but realistically, I treat her the same whether that chemical is present or not, there are not the extreme highs or lows that come with love addiction. As there is much of this in the news with people like Tiger Woods going to Love Rehab that part can be tricky. I think someone can have deep emotional wounds where they seek the love and attention of people that are horrible for them, yes, but someone that is having sex out of entitlement then saying love or sex addiction when they get caught is a little different. If Tiger, was to say relapse and start shagging all types of women again, then I would buy his particular case but having met nymphomaniacs in real life, these are people that cannot function without sex and will put themselves in very unsafe situations just for that feeling. Love can be addiction and most certainly it is a drug. In my opinion it is the best drug and can be the safest and most enduring of all if used properly--cannot abuse love.
The movie portrays the other sad fact of while as Robin Williams says "There is a pill that will make you harder than Chinese algebra" they still don't have cures from horrible illnesses such as cancer or as depicted in this movie, Parkinson's disease. As these two actor's have excellent chemistry onscreen, which is again rare for chick flicks, you can feel the struggle when dealing with these REAL life complications. For me this leads back to what is important in life and for me it's happiness in moments that I have with my wife, friends and family it is not money or things. I am not happy all of the time because I don't believe a person can be, but when those moments are there I truly enjoy them, embrace them, and now that I don't use chemicals I can remember them. When you are dealing with any long term illness and just as in life, it is the moments that make it all worth it. That is alot to come out of a chick flick and if none of that interests you, see it for the boobage.
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